Charles booker



(No Model.)

.0. BOOKER. DEVICE FOR PREVENTING- REPILLING 0F BOTTLES. No. 596,472.

Patented Jan. 4, 1898.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFIcE.

CHARLES BOOKER, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

DEVICE FOR PREVENTING REFILLING 0F BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,472, dated January 4,1898.

Application filed October 1,1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BOOKER, a citizen of Canada, and a resident of Toronto, in the county of York, in'the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Preventing Refilling of Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved device to prevent the refilling of bottles, consisting'of a stopper of suitable material located and secured in the upper part of the neck of a bottle. This stopper is supplied with a split springring which fits in an annular groove in the upper'part of the outer body of the stopper and in a groove in the neck of the bottle, thus retaining the stopperin position. This stop per is constructed in two parts, upper and lower, which are cemented together, and is supplied in its interior with a lower springvalve having four wings and a lower tapered part which fits into the lower tapered opening of the stopper and a lower shank for engagement with a loose ball. Also, a rigid guard, provided with a loose ball, is centrally situated in the interior of the stopper to prevent tampering with the said lower springvalve.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a bottle with stopper which will allow the centents or' liquid to be poured out and prevent refilling, second, to afiord facilities for the proper insertion and securing of the stopper into the neck of the bottle, and, third, to prevent any possible means of entrance into the bottle from the upper exposed part of the stopper and of the introduction of any mucilage, so as to interfere with the proper functions of the operating parts. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the whole device as seen inserted in position in the neck of a bottle, the part of the bottle below the curve of the neck being broken and of ordinary shape.- The broken circular lines indicate the loose ball when engaging the shank of spring-valve. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the neck of a bottle, the lower part of said neck having a separate yet open chamber for'the purpose of confining the lower ball,

Serial No. 607,539. (No made.)

which engages with lower end of the shank of the previously-mentioned spring-valve, the neck of the bottle above this chamber being identical with the neck of bottle in Fig. 1 of the drawings, also with the lower part of the bottle belowits broken line. Fig. 3 isa section of the bottle neck and stopper through the cork ring and spring-valve through the horizontal and broken line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings the bottle, with its upper vertical neck, is indicated by A, and its upper circular interior groove in said neck by B. O is the upper half of the stopper, and O is the lower half, which is in two parts, upper and lower, to facilitate the insertion of the interior component parts of the stopper, all being constructed of suitable material of a non-corrosive nature. The upper half of this stopper has an annular recess with upper shoulder at right angle to the vertical stopper, the said recess formed as an acute angle, and in which is placed the circular split ring D. Then this ring is pressed into position, the stopper is enabled to enter the bottle-neck to position. Then the ring will increase in diameter and partially fill both the groove in the neck and the recess in the stopper against its right-angled shoulder and re tain said stopper in position. This upper right angle of this annular recess assists very materially in entering the said circular ring into the neck of bottle and is a very important element in the construction thereof.

Previous to inserting the stopper, with its internal parts, the two component halves are cemented together, the lower end being supplied with a cork ring E, which fitsthe neck very snugly. The lower part of this cork.

for the valve 11 to rest in, thus closing said opening. This valve has a lower Vertical shank projecting through the valve-seat, also Immediately above this valve is a rigid guard J, having three wings 10, the upper circular flange of which rests upon the upper part of the joined and cemented end of the lower half 0 of stopper and also fits snugly into. and against the lower shoulder of the lower, The'lower;

end of the upper halfO of stopper. central concaved part 11 of this guard is connected to its body part by the said wings 10 and has a lower central vertical shank 12, which is capable of engaging with'the spiralispring in the central socket of the lower spring-valve referred to. The circular cavityformed on the top of concaved part 11 of this guard and-by its wings and upper flange is for the purpose of supporting asmall loose ball-K, which rests upon the said concaved part and closes the outlet which is formed by the said three wings 10, the wallofstopper, and the central opening in the upper flange of'the guard J whichadmits the ball. 'The function of this ball is to prevent any possible tamperingwith the lower spring-valve. It will be observed that there is sufficient upper spaceallowed for this ball toenterwhen thebottle istipped for purpose of pouring. This space referred to, immediately above this ball, is formed in the-lower inner partof the upper half 0 of the stopper and where the ball may enter as far as the'under cavity of'thecentra'l disk 13, which is connected to theup'per half 0 of the stopper by means-of the three wings 14, which, with the saidlcentral disk, forms a part of the upper half of stopper. These wings extend downward as far asthe upper part of the separate guard'J andupward as far as the inner circular upper body of the upper half of stopper, there terminating,where a central opening M is formed fortheins'er'tion of a common cork.

Observe that the four wings referred toon the spring valve and the three wings of the centrally-located guard and the three wings of the upper central disk project from their respective bodyjparts in order toaffordopenings between these said body parts and the inner partof the wall of the stopperfor the liquid to flow through'when pouring out.

The ball N represented by broken circular linein Fig. 1 of'the drawings'andasa ball in Fig. 2 is'identically'the same ball.

v InIfig. lthe said ball is allowed to play loose in the'bodypart or bottle proper,and in Fig. 2 the'saidball'is allowed to playloose, though confined in'an open chamber formed in the neck'of bottlebymeans of the innercircular contraction P,,-which must be less in diameter than the-diameter of the ball, andthe open ing in stopper-seating F must be larger indiameter than the ball in order toadmit the same.

The stopper is identically the same no matter in which of the two bottlenecks it is inserted. also the operation and function of the ball N,which acts the same in either neck, both of which have preference and may be constructed with or without the inner and lower circular contraction P, .asshown in Fig. 2.

In order to pour out'of the bottle, it is necessary to fully tip the same. The ball N then engages with the end of the lower vertical shank valve. The liquid then passes through the valve-seat opening,through the four openings between the wings of said valve, and on through the three openings formed by the wings of the rigid guard, thence into the space which-the small ball K occupies in the drawings, thence throughthe'three openings formed by the wings of the upper central disk,and out through the upper central'opening it of the stopper. It will be perceived that in pouring out the small ball Krolls out of-its present position into the space -formed immediately above.

This device is so-constructed and-arranged, asset forth, that it is impossible to refill the bottle, the spiral springalways pressing the valve in its seat evenif the bottle is held in an inclined position, the weight'of the lower ball N beingrequisite toopen the valve.

Any attempt to probe through-thedevice isfrustrated on accountof thepeculiar construction of the device. All of the wings of the parts referred to, and therefore all the openings, are out of vertical line, this ,part also being very important, this feature being illustrated in the cross-sectional figures of the drawings.

What I claim as my invention, and-desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a bottle to prevent refilling, a stopper composed of upper and lower parts, the lower part having a lowerinteriorifiange with central tapered'opening for valve H, which has four outer Wings and-alower shank, and upper vertical socket =8, for spiral-spring to engage with rigid guard having wings and supporting a loose'but confined ball Kywhich rests uponaconcave part of said-rigid guard, in combination with-alower ball N, in bottle,

to engage with the shank of valve H, subistantiallyas described.

2. A combination to prevent refilling of bottles, of-a stopper composed of :upperand lower parts, the lower {part having-a lower interior-fiange with central tapered opening for valve :H, which has four outer wings-and a shank,and upper vertical-socket 8, for spiral spring to engage with rigid guard having wings andsupporting a loose but confined ball K, whichrests upon aconcave part of said rigid guard, andalower ball N, in neck.

'of thespring-valve H. The pressure of the ball .pre'ssesthe-spiral spring,thus opening the of bottle to engage with shank of valve and lower tapered shank in opening of stopper to confined by a lower circular contraction of engage with the ball N, in neck of bottle, sub- 10 the bottle-neck substantially as described. stantially as described and 'set forth.

3. The ball K in combination with the cen- 5 tral rigid guard having a central recessed CHARLES BOOKER' support for said ball, and wings to form open- Witnesses: ings, and a lower vertical shank to engage EDITH WALSH,

with a spiral spring in the valve having a HENRY O. FOWLER. 

